The form and function of a port are not only a part of those of a city, but also they exert a serious influence upon the other parts of city.
This is a survey of the port of Hakodate as an example of the growing process of a city and a port. The results are summarized as follows;
1) The old city was restricted within the north-west part of present city at the beginning of the Meiji era. The enlargement of city took place towards the land-neck connecting Hakodate island with the main island by means of the reclamation of the shallow sea at the end of the Meiji era.
2) The moving of the ship-like pier and the railway station was an occasion that resulted in the removal of the core of city from the old city to new city.
3) World War II checked the development of port activity, causing the decline of the city activity.
4) The modernization of port has been advanced since 1952. Especially, the recent reclamation of the sea is for the purpose of factory estate in the same way as in many other port cities.
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